30 ladies played in today's "Yellow" Ball competition.
The winning team was Jan Macnab, Pat Pennel and Alison Templeton with a great score of 77 points.
Runners up were Anne Judge, Jean Irvine and Evelyn McDermid with 74 points.
Well done ladies! If anyone didn't have change to pay for the competition this morning please put your £2 in one of small envelopes in the ladies locker room and put the envelope (with your name and Yellow Ball on the front) in the box.
Played over Wednesday 21 April and Saturday 24 April 2021. 41 entries, raising £123 for McMillan Cancer Relief charity.
Overall winner : Geraldine Hughes (28) 40 pts
Runner-up : Mary Hardie (24) 39 pts (bih)
3rd: Anne Gordon (37) 39 pts
The Clubhouse reopens tomorrow (hurrah!). A sheet will be placed on the locker room notice board for the Coronation Foursomes.
It would be helpful if those who have arranged to play could add their names to this sheet along with their approximate preferred start time (Note: Players will have to book their own tee time via General Play from this Thursday 29 April).
This will also assist players who are still looking for a partner and those who need another pair to play with.
Entry money of £2 each (£4 per couple) should be placed in the box in the locker room.
Just a reminder that to qualify for the Bronze Championship you must play the RED course for one of the qualifying competitions (Wednesday May medal, Wednesday June medal and first May weekend medal).
Ladies a reminder of the FIXTURES coming up in May and the deadlines to enter if you wish to play on a Saturday or be included in a Wednesday morning ballot.
Note: All entries are GREEN Tees by default. You must state in your email if you wish this changed to RED tees.
Saturday Competitions
Email eleanor@therubiconpartnership.co.uk by the Thursday 9 days before the competition. You can ask to be included in a draw for partners or state who you have arranged to play with. You must email Eleanor to be given a Saturday competition tee time.
There are some extra Saturday Stablefords now included in the calendar on otherwise "blank" Saturdays
COMPETITION DATE | ENTRY DEADLINE |
Saturday 1 May Stableford | Thurs 22 April |
Saturday 8 May Stableford | Thurs 29 April |
Saturday 15 May Medal | Thurs 6 May |
Saturday 22 May Extra Medal | Thurs 13 May |
Saturday 29 May Stableford | Thurs 20 May |
COMPETITION DATE | ENTRY DEADLINE |
Wed 5 May Coronation Foursomes | Info already published |
Wed 12 May Medal | Monday 3 May |
Wed 19 May Extra Medal | Monday 10 May |
Wed 26 May Spring Meeting | Monday 17 May |
Ladies April Medal Played Wednesday 14 April 2021, 23 entries
Silver winner: Mary Craig 90 (17) 73
Runner-up: Pamela MacKenzie 94 (18) 76
Bronze winner: Kate Scott 109 (39) 70
Runner-up: Mary Hardie 103 (24) 79
Best scratch: Jan Macnab 88
Club April Scramble Played Saturday 17 April 2021
The best team score of the day was net 51 !
But a shout-out here for the best Ladies Team of Eleanor Cannon, Louise Cooper, Eunice Muir and Pauline McEwan who had a net 57.5. Let's not forget this is to be compared to a par of 74 vs the gents' score which compares with a par of 70. Well done girls!
The first round of the Bronze Knockout has now been completed and the following is an update.
As the Clubhouse should be opening soon, the sheets will be put up on the noticeboard in the locker room and you can fill in your results there from then onwards.
The draw for the "yellow" ball is below:
(Each player’s strokes shown in brackets)
9.20 Vivien Howe (17) Louise Cooper (19) Lilias Lamont (30)
9.30 Sheila Biggart (14) Rosemary Ogilvie (21) Morag Cunningham (28)
9.40 Pamela Mackenzie (17) Gillian Donaghy (25) Cynthia Keanie (33)
9.50 Agnes Williamson (19) Mary Hardie (23) Mary Jane Bird (32)
10.00 Anne Robinson (11) Sally Smyth (20) Eileen Walker (37)
10.10 Jan Macnab (9) Pat Pennel (25) Alison Templeton (32)
10.20 Marion Munro (13) Joy McLeod (20) Morven McLeod (32)
10.30 Anne Judge (10) Jean Irvine (24) Evelyn McDermid (30)
10.40 Nancy MacGadie (15) Rosemary Reedie (21) Senga Nixon (30)
10.50 Karen Binning (16) Vicky Rennie (28) Chris Minto (30)
Jan will book your time on the SG App.
There will be no yellow ball being passed from player to player at each hole this year, but if the player who is playing for double points at a hole loses her ball the team cannot score double points from then on.
Scores should be written on scorecards. There will be scorecards available in the hut that morning. Please send a photo of the scorecard to Vivien 07866275025.
Anne Gordon lost a pair of prescription sunglasses at the 3rd on Saturday. If anyone has seen these or heard of them being found, please get in touch with Anne.
Starting 1st May!
Since the clubhouse will not be open until 26th April, this years Birdie Tree/Par Tee and Ranfurly Ringer will be available to complete from Saturday 1st May.
The boards for the Birdie Tree, Par Tee and Ranfurly Ringer will be available in the ladies locker room.
The Red Cross Ringer has been renamed The Ranfurly Ringer, as the the Red Cross no longer run this as a nationwide competition. Proceeds will be sent to a different nominated charity each year.
An 18 hole competition score must be used to initially enter yourself into the Ranfurly Ringer. Thereafter you can "ring" better scores at a hole any time you play a minimum of 9 holes.
The Birdie Tree/Par Tee can be used to record your pars and birdies anytime you play a competition. Please note only gross pars and birdies can be recorded.
At the end of the season there will be a prize for the winners of the Birdie Tree, Par Tee and Ranfurly Ringer.
Fingers crossed for lots of good scores this golfing season!
How to enter the forthcoming April competitions:
Wednesday McMillan Cancer Stableford - 21 April 2021
To be included in the morning ballot email ranfurlyladies@yahoo.co.uk by 11pm on Monday 12th April. The draw will be done on Tuesday 13th April. Remember to say whether you want play RED or GREEN tees.
To enter other than in the morning ballot, enter and book your own time on the App from 7am on Wednesday 14th April. Anyone entering themselves will be set to Green tees by default. Email the ladies address above if you want this changed to Red tees.
Saturday McMillan Cancer Stableford - 24 April 2021
Any lady who has not entered for the Wednesday competition can enter for the Saturday by emailing Eleanor Cannon at eleanor@therubiconpartnership.co.uk on or before Thursday 15th April. When you email you can ask to be included in a draw for playing partners or alternatively specify who you have arranged to play with. Note that because of the interaction with the draw for the gents Saturday competition, emailing Eleanor is the best way to ensure you can get a time to play in the competition.
Please specify whether you will play Red or Green tees when emailing.
Entry fee for the McMillan stablefords is £3, which will be collected via the App and all donated to McMillan Cancer Relief charity
Yellow Ball Tri-Am - Wednesday 28 April 2021
Enter on the App at any time between now and Sunday 18th April. The draw will be done by Vivien Howe on Monday 19th April and groups booked in to their times centrally on Wednesday 21 April. Scoring will be by card, the App is only being used to collect entries.
Entry fee of £2 per person will be collected once the locker room reopens. GREEN course.
The two Sunday Friendly Matches (targeted mainly at higher handicappers and weekend players) which were arranged for early this season have had to be rescheduled due to the current travel restrictions and uncertainty over clubhouse openings.
The away match at Gourock will now be on Sunday 4th July 2021 and the home game against Elderslie will be rearranged in the autumn if circumstances allow.
Note that the original dates, although now cancelled, still appear on the Club's website as strangely there seems to be some problem with updating this.
Sadly we need to postpone today's medal until next Wednesday 14th due to temporary greens today. Later today Jan will rebook everybody for the same tee time next week. If you can't make it then please withdraw from the competition and let your playing partners know. You can also change your tee time if you prefer.
The Draws for the knockout Competitions have been done, but due to having no access to the Clubhouse at the moment it is not possible to put these up on the notice board. In the short term these are available here on the blog and will be transfered to the Club once it is open.
Please can you forward your match results to Joy who will update the draw for you on the blog for as long as is necessary.
The Silver knockout is played over the Red course and the Bronze is played over the Green course.
Strokes given are the difference between the two Course Handicaps.
